{"id":"FED-284","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"United States District Court for the Central District of California (Los Angeles, Santa Ana, Riverside)","state":"CA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Judge Virginia A. Phillips","authority":"inherent authority; Continuity of Operations Plan; 28 U.S.C. § 2071","instrument":"Order of the Chief Judge No. 20-042","title":"In re: Coronavirus Public Emergency - Activation of the Continuity of Operations Plan (courthouses closed)","dateIssued":"2020-03-19","effective":"2020-03-23 through 2020-05-01 (extended by later orders)","end":"extended by Orders 20-043 and successors; jury trials did not resume in the district until 2021","startDate":"2020-03-23","endDate":"2020-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","CLOSE"],"addressees":["the public","litigants and counsel","court staff"],"clause":"the Continuity of Operations Plan... of the Central District of California is hereby activated, effective March 23, 2020 through and including May 1, 2020... All of the Courthouses of the Central District of California will be closed to the public... [emergency criminal matters and applications for temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions to be heard at] the Roybal Building and United States Courthouse in Los Angeles only.","enforcement":"court order; U.S. Marshals","functions":["CT the largest federal district in the country closed its courthouses to the public Mar. 23 - May 1, 2020 and continued civil and criminal trials","CS litigation practice, process servers, court reporters, interpreters"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Order_20-042.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":38630,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FED-B","url":"/library/FED-284","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FED-284","citation":"Chief Judge Virginia A. Phillips, Order of the Chief Judge No. 20-042 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. FED-284)","stateName":"California","related":[]}